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I believe that we are who we choose to be. Nobody is going to come and save you. You've got to save yourself. Nobody is going to give you anything. You've got to go out and fight for it.

Barry Manilow

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Barry Manilow
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 17
Actor
Composer
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Film Producer
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Pianist
Screenwriter
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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Brooklyn
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I stay glued to my piano and my work. I don't look up. I write, I produce, I do the next project, I do my job. I don't look up, and I try to be kind. I try to be kind to people. That's what I do.
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Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.
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My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that's actually happening.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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